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“COUNTY GAINS l JUDGMENT AGAINST cm “are was an interesting vent“ the council between ten caudi- renuldug in the reelection ot of the last year'e council. two r members and one new mem- The honor of heading the poll t to former Alderman W. Me F . wlth a vqte ot 1.351. Fred kl came mom: with 1.251 and .. Blot third with 1220. The others i' Mr. Justice Kelly has given judg- l "gtettt in favor of Waterloo County l '. against the City of Kitchener in a F decision made public on Monday.2 ,SollCItor W. J. McGibbon for the l »_County informed the Chronicle that l if!“ means a saving of $8,000 for the f- county in the case of Kitchener. It include: $4,000 due the county as luck taxes and also about $2,500 inount of this year's ellim lus about $500 interest charges. Gall; is * bho interested in the judgment. T stated Mr. McGibbon, for the same 1 xenon " Kitchener and between '.. the two cities the county stands to lave some 812,000. _ The county's claim was the result . of a disagreement as to the inter- . pretntion of the wording of an a", agreement between the municipali- ties, The action was heard at thel ". nondury sitting of the Supreme ' Court at Kitchener about six weeks ism-ammfly 'i7illiEi?i'ii , HENRY E. RATZ ,',"tr','l,v, .Reeve, victor over Clay- ton otzert in a lively contest in Waterloo. t"iii)ltiij' iiti;atlSiiii 1iei 'ttaut/ttrea/lr.,' a. . , to to ' - J. Mr and G. an. " am.- . $1!th .M will: School Mei Wu. Ire-Jud #r. 3. C. 1.11".“ m 'te.ueeud.-Ltrgert You nu In My Years. Means Saving of About $12,000 to 'the County, States Solicitor McGibbon. a... ......_ ___-__ W, med In this order. (‘er Kraft. Mon Raymond and the veteran her Mayor. John R. Kaufman. mrtetintt the slate ot successful lemon; tontwirstt closely by John unerman. The other candidates. WK; Frez;a;hip Waiter w. My Ind the distinction and or of being elected by aeetatna- m' e . nrwhluly are“ rum their oppontlll. for." V Wm. Ulelm and ton-er I” new: Clayton Doturt. Tho I you w“ Rolland“ 1068,, - on; an: ms and Ddturt Gnu to 4000 doctors OXBNIIOd r hunks which I!“ then! " - of (In total possible vote “pared with " per cent In the runs election. It was the largest ”polled tn many years. A- 77,..UL.» m..." w Incur- ot the Wmloo aunt “(In on new, vu the at In; Hollander as Mayor . Rata " deputy we" ty alga). Solicitor Geo. Bray for Kimhener‘ contended .the city was not liable for interest charges by the bank against the county for amounts due to work on county highways. The county's claim covered two years. It. Janice Kelly's judgment is as “no”: ___ _ r". GANDHI “In?“ l, ‘ym - In: an“ It ." m, hulk. "III not, {or the ' mm mun . vat "all , Mtd Rayon-lit ‘Hh‘g tl 'idiiiuho "tatt, “payers Elect‘ _ I i:, 13:0. 395W Mayoraud j ' . Ir. E. Rat: Deputy Reeve -.%.m". v- --- V, _ - and OM!!!“ tor ulkh he'rt'," 'iraiiiiaritierr_rttt2a' It Urhhl . Exam, " included all “up”: of show mantel-III W with“ em" :7" m Knuth, mien ml Pope potted . - w--. , For the - amus- 00an K. J. PMettar In reelected by u mac-no 701.901 1.340. There an . Madly clou um bot-eon tanner annual-simm- B. Schulz um Gideon m. former new" eomlulon Chair m tor the out on the commission. In] the result was not known until the he! poll I!“ counted. the Inner uni-Mu on top by 00 majority. nun vet. "In-“nu v- "r -. - - - - Wm. P. Kru- Ila reelected to the school board tor the out word and shared under his opponent byqu vote of 211 to 74. The vote in the «out ward vs: Mrs. B. c. Tweed 208 Hind E. Schmidt last Carnal-tn Built": - Hundreds or townspeople [allowed the election returns bulletined in the Chronicle olice windows while others received the results over the radio station CKCR. the vote. both In town and the townships being compiled by the Chronicle, The first returns tame in from the McPhan roll at 1.25 and "an the town hull at 7.40, After the titngt two Potts were received for the myornlty and deputy reeve olices the majority tor the two ween-and cand1- dates grew steadily with each poll and theme election was conceded before nine o'clock. The returns were all complete about 9.15 except tor one poll trom the Waterloo Bedd. lug Co, which was not received until 9.45. Mnyorelect Bohlender after his election was assured paid a visit to the Chronicle ottice. He expressed! his warm appreciation tor the splem did support given him by the 'itil) torate. He remarked that in New or his defeat tor the mayorulty in the previous election he was more than pleased with the handsome vote poUed. Deputy reeve Rats. who com ducted a quiet campaign also ex-l pressed his deep appreciation tor the! large rote given him. l In the Township: . ‘ Despite the‘fact that. the telephone service was paralyzed in the rural sections. The Chronicle was cble to secure the returns as quickly as compiled by the election otrieialrs through the cooperation of the town- ship clerks. it was shortly after eight o'clock when the complete re- turns were brought by a member qt the (‘hronicle stair from Woolwich and Wellesley townships. followed by the teturabs from \Vnterloo town. strip a low mlnutes later. The re- ‘turns were at onto bulletlned in the Chronicle once windows 31nd broad- ousted over the CKCR broadcasting station at Waterloo. (For Detailed Report Bee Page 4) REV. M. L. WING Served ll Evangelic-l Church Min- iuter for s, Year..----? " Years. One ot the has! known and oldest} minister" in the Canada 1?onterqrttee ot the Evangelical Church. in the person of Rev, Menno L. Wlng. tur pernnnuated minister. passed peace- fully away at his home. 475 Park St.. in Kitchener. on Saturday allernoon. He was 79 years old and had been ln his usual good health um!" a short time ago, Until three weeks ago he conducted a Sunday School c.'asa at the Calvary Memorial Church Deceased. until he retired severail years are served 51 yeah; in the mluistry. He mm editor of the “Evangelical Bole" and contributed other church papers for come 30 years. The late Mr. Wing wu horn Sept.6 1852. In Wilmot township, the son ot Mary and Daniel Wing and he receiv- ed his schooling at the Baden school. He studied there until he was 15 years old, When he observed his ttith birthday he entered the busi- new iirm of Isaac Holman. Kitchen- er, then Berlin, on the main street. He entered college when 21. at. tending Northwestern College. at Napiermlo. ill. In 1878 following hia graduation he entered the Con- ada Conterence ot the Eungelicel Church and served in the following fields: Sebringville. Hay. Heidel- berg. Rainham, Compden. St. Jacobs and Waterloo," Following hia term in Waterloo he was appointed presiding elder acting for the next 20 yours. He then returned to Emu-noel Evangelical Church, Waterloo. on pastor. end then took over the pul- pit of Zion Church, Kitchener. , which was followed in turn by St. ' Jnmha. Liotnwel and Bridgeport. i For six year: he IIIO served on pro- ueiding elder on the norm district I while stationed in [Jammy]. . ' He retired three - "o. . He leaves hie wife, formerly m- , Julie Heist: live gone mad six daun- n ten: Mrs. L R, Clerk, Vernon. 3.0.. - Wilford. Guelph: lath. Toronto; ' Mm. Clerc Trow. Dammit. Nl.. i. Oscar. Montreol. In. - Youn- e blue. Bouillon. Elinor, gt home. i- Any. Loo melee. Calm, Mn. Nor- I. moo Millet. Flint. Myths, Ieey PASSES AWAY IN KITCHENER we Who surprised many cyan: by defeating former Mayor U elm-n in the mayonlty nee. WO0LWICH 1 COUNCIL G l . RE-EIICTED qrATttnuMr' lava-m Reeve Snider’s Majority Over Letson 190 and Schuett Deputy Reeve try 97 Majority. ”-‘-r-a--- ~- “in __ _ ship showed their appreciation of I the good work of the 1931 council} during a most difficult period by re: electing all the members. The vote‘i was not as heavy as usual owing to M the bad condition of the roads. Theo various candidates were busy all day ' getting out the vote and the con- l itest was fairly close in some of the l polls. The summary of the vo.tep shows that the old members of the a council had majorities in nearly iii" [the polls. The final returns were received from the Heidelberg poll; at 8.45 o'elock by Clerk Noah S. Stroh. The Chronicle representative secured the last returns from J. A. Steiss at Heidelberg at 8.25 and "l, 9.45 the results were broadcasted over the Waterloo radio broadcast- ing station, CKCR, giving the people in the rural districts up-to-the min- ute election results. The returns of all the townships Were as usual bul- letined in the windows at the Chron- icle office as quickly as received. The first returns came in from thel Conestoga poll at six o'clock from‘ [ deputy returning oMeer Nelson _ Snyder. Next return came in a few T minutes later from the St. Jacobs ‘ poll where Clarence Roerbeckewas - - “y-,,.,__ A”.-- on. pun "new 'rW.___""i- -- H, _ o in charge. Winterbourne, West Montrose, Floradale. Woolwich and Heidelberg followed next in order. With the exception of the latter poll returns were all completed at 7.38 o'clock. Ratepayery c.rr, Woolwich Town: W. S, Hemmerich, who lost toi Deputy Reeve Charles Schuett by 12 votes last year, was again defeated and this time the successful candi- date increased his majority to 97, the vote being 438 to 341. The vie- tor had a majority in every poll except St. Jacobs. For a, rcouncil. Schwindt polled 591 votes, Howlett 544, Weber 507 and Snyder 300. For detailed Report See Page Lead ‘ Reeve-elect in Welles- ley Township, victor our former Reeve Wm. Knigm by 189 majority, DAN ”HUNDII M mm“‘ loofmmlk P. A. WAC-NE"! we. TILT Deputy Reeves Eéives Elected in the Townships “WM C. T. GROH Who defeated former Reeve Simon Kinzie in a clone rue in Wlterloo Township canon-Isot- an. REEVE Wm BEATS KI 555‘ SIMON DITNER Re-elected to the Wilmot Town- T) ship Council for the Mth term. . ----- Gm: 696 votes, wine Lorne Br Majority of 1g9.--.hee- V1.15" m the other manual can- " Nev Deputy Reeve With diam with 656 .nd repnuutl the Vote of M3. . district made vacant by the retire- ------ _ 'r," 1'g,",','hrg,re, I. C. 'ttlt,',".. Peter A. Wagner of Welles 9 ot P po etrteq " 0wrr. Townmp "3 mm.“ 'tlt', Jos. Relhmr .270, Win. Til-let tor a third term by a qayatanttnt Mi, Geo. Whitham 229 Ind L. . .A _. .M A--- a"... mt. Kieffer 158. -_. . " Township was ro.oiqctod nave tor a third term try ' “manual majority ot 189 our former toe%, Wm. Knight ot Crosdllll. The you: were 158 and 569 _ " . ----, ‘__ ".... Wilbur Freemnn’s victory tor Atl deputy reeveshlp, with a vote ot “I. came as somewhat of I gamma. - " was expected in Ionic an“. that Geo. J. Volt. a member ot W year's wane“ would be the (M160. The other candidates. J. Ogram ttf ‘Geo. J. Toll polled a vote ot 426 421. reepectivelr. R 1... “trumw... _ i The members of the cannon was returned by acciamatiom Results Known Barty ' 1 , It was 8.30 o'clock when the tttmt, returns were received assuring tip ‘olectlon or reeve Wagner and deputy ‘reeve Freeman A Chronicle rem sentntlve received the returns at |('lerk P. F. Schummer‘n otnee tur, Clements. The vote tor Weil _ . (Crosshill and Kingwood, were = +to Welleusley and brought to ‘clerk's otnce and with the olner It turns also in the final result was an- "touneed. Keen interest was shown in the contest. Reeve Wagner made hi largest gain in his own poll Weller ley and dt St. Clements where he re- ceived majorities of 173 and 149 res. ‘pectlvely‘ Former Reeve Knight also polled a big vote ist his own 1ltiGl't", receiving a mummy of 91 at Crosehlll The Chronicle broadcasled the re. suite of the election over the CKCR radio station at wateiae at 8.45 o'elock pm. gnu Hm sorslus m much aprpm‘dM h, xos,Artteis, rein- ders in the run! districts. l St. Clemcnu’ Police Trustee. Much interest Was taken in the election tor village trustees in St. Clements. The succesaiu! candidates were John E. Koebel 58 Votes, Fred Baechler 67. and Geo. Brenner 60. The vote for the other candidates was H. Schnarr 23, H. Meier 18, J: Enabling 29. (For Detailed Report See Page " “'0 “w- I minute Wu There wen _ w for council Bl election of Cl _ James 11-.me View. .ieetqd MIMI-“0" t.wtt-tNmA.. Elected in Townships A. A. SKID” Re-elected Reeve in Woolwich TownshlLover former Reeve B. not: by handsome majority. Ind-incl)! strong run 3;:th Funk A. [bin " New Gama for the deputy mmhip. Wu Joe“ by I "lament. ungodw of 688. Tho totat vote in 9 B uni 809. ""iiii' "Ti" councillor: are J. R. Wood tend Lorne Weber, both only able met} and successful hymen. A .m: m... ...... -_._-_____ W", _ Complete returns were receivedE by township clerk P. A. Snider in less than two hours after the close of the poll at 5 o'clock. which was ’wnaidered food in view of the fact that the teiephone lines are out of communication. The Chronicle bulletined the " turns and also broadcasted the re- sults " quickly as received over ‘ndio station CKCR, Waterloo, . . 1i'ai'ri'iTieTitirG GG/ redeived shortly before 8 o'clock. C. T. Groh's election, for, tte reev‘eship Fighting his last great battle with all the strength and courage of body and mind that typitied his long and brilliant career in politics and slatesmanship. Rt. Hon. Sir George E." Foster, G.C.M.G.. died Dec. 90th after an illness that set in about six months ago. He was M years old last September. Ind '38 born in lApolnauin. N.B., his parents being [dutch ants of the United Empire LorAtts. “up“... Sir Gauge Foster might welt have borne the title. "Grand Old Man of Canadian Politics." He entered the cebinet of Sir John A. Macdonald in 1885 as Minister of Marine when he was 35 years old, and from that time until his fatal illness he figured largely in the t'lidtictl affairs of the country. He eld three Dominion cabinet posts, Marine and Fisheries, Finance, and Trade and Commerce. He was also a great temperance and prohibition advocate. BIBLE SCHOOL Ninety pupils attended the orn- ing of the Mennonite Bible Se oo at the First Mennonite Church, King St. E., Kitchener, on Monday. Sixty-four were from Ontario and 24 others came from Illinois, In- diana. New York, Ohio and Michi- gan. One ‘pupil registered from ‘Alberta. f An added feature of this year's school is a post-graduate course for pupils who have secured their diplomas. Bishop S. F. Coffman of Vineland is thegrincipnl. Other teachers Ire [riitr'l. scar Burkholder of Break!) and Bishop C. F, Pee! of.K'i't;ch- ener and Rev. erloo. lure were sewn tn the nu council and resulted in tho re- tion of Charulopey wit! 598 vGii'rii7tWdtVdaF3. cont-n , m "on.” n WM vim A. runny: E. B. HALLMAN New Reeve in Wilmot Townshis; who wu hon- ored vi an acclam-tion by the electors. ' RECORD BROKEN WFJ'weE‘ -___ the tel. while me "s.' iiriiiiAin of Brat- C1 _ LIV] t'fed','l, Pro-Hunt of the who Mutual Fit [amputee Company. who died LEVI Ill. SHUH PASSES AWAY on tutaiiddr President of Local Insurance Company and Widely Known in Twin-City. In the passing of Mr. Levi Shah, President and former Managing Director of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Waterloo loses one of its best known, highly esteemed and prominent citizens. Death took place at his home, 20 John St., at 3.15 o'clock Sammie? mornilif, following an extended il - nose. e observed his 'Nth birthday on December 29th. - 7 N, nu....... ... --. --.._-. The late Levi Shah was a son of , the late John Shuh and was born in T _wateHoo in 1861. He received his t education in the public and high I school and at a commercial collegi- 1 ate at London. When a young man I he entered the general store of_his l father, John Shuh & Co. His father l later retired from the business and one of the former partners, John B. Snider. Joined with Levi Shuh and 1 the business was conducted under I the firm name of Snider & Shah. ; In 1891 Mr. Shah sold his interest . in the business. In 1893 he joined I the staff of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of which his father, John Shuh, was one of the founders and first treasurer. When the late Frank Haight was made manager in 1898 Mr. Shah was 'lt pointed assistant manager. In 191 , on the death of Mr. Haight, Mr. Shuh became manager. Mr. Shah piloted the Company through the time of the Great War and through _ the reconstruction period that for , lowed. At the end of 1924 he re- ' tired from active management and i became president of the Company. . The late Mr. Shuh was united in ' marriage to Miss Melvina C. t Schwartz, dau hter of the late John Schwartz of ECl'dn"l/ October 13, ' 1886. Their union was blessed with r one daughter, Cecile, wife of Nor- r man W. Berkinshaw, branch man- ager of the Bank of Nova Scotia , at Montreal. They have two daugh- VALENTINE OTI‘ERBEIN ' DIES AT HEIDELBERG One of Bert wedd; 'IerlVE. The funeral, which - largely' attended. 1n held on Wednesday nhernnon with "nice: at his lute home It 2 o'clock Ind at St. Ptter's Lnthonn Church " 215, Burial v“ made in Heidelberg cemetery. ‘3". Mr. Lunch conducted the ser- SEPARATE SCHOOL TRUSTEES RE-ELECTED The retiring members of the Waterloo Sonar-he School Board m “and " the annual doc. ttttgt. “I bond for 1982 will com- mon: north ward. I. loam At- _ " Beauprr out wad. R. A. ua ind Pam-r il. B. Pai; south, ho itr"lultkT;, “do eteieht - cud. he! Ml. A. R. thank. IN WATERL00 I Best Known Furnen in tyatrict.--io "in 63rd Year. a. “um-our . :0} Kitchener and Waterloo Pubic Q l Utilities were perhap- never before Fe seriously atteeted by a sleet “atom and for a day or two some guts of the towns were cut " from o- ydro. Housewives had to go back m to the old-fashioned way of ighting a in candles and oil lamps, and coo si- by gas or wood range. Farmers :t.‘having hydro light and mchines an l were also seriously handicapped and J. , resurrected lanterns, candles Ind oil as l lamps. Where cows were milked by m.‘hydro driven machines, this work ml had to be done by hand. . = omeatstttnqrtttttrtrt+ f '1»; not." up... b A "oitotiitiAa-cirutk . .. - will that m tau and Ingeni- I'd. My W. t " h anti-cud owl-#300 pol-I were up,“ or and " be": do“ and ice in practically all m of th. county. in I!!! no In We ton county. Pol- with twUtid a?" 1rLt,'ll12 argetg'td2t e ru cu. ' and ulcmph ”when the at a. both in the Win-City uni meat lactic” And both any lath and farmers were without my of these (services. - -iiUui.erious do” storm was onjebruqry 22nd, 19_22._ . ' . L,tEiiy, JoGGiGiiGiion left in- tact “I e than! one trunk tete. ttf""" line to oronm and Don- on. - Motor We in the county was dangerous on New Years my and motorists were 'tInf, to dodge fallen tree: and poles. u some - motor cm took to the ditch to get past blocked roads. Motorists ro- Wer, from Toronto and Hamilton New em eve had . thrilling trip over ice-covered roads and score- of car: were ditched nnd some badly damxstt . C.,. . " u, new. vm- may”... The landscare, however, present- ed a beautifu scene with treat, telephone and telegraph wires u- tistjcally Arapel with ice apd seam “an”... -0..." ___ Early New Years morning bun- dreds of telegrams],l telephone and hydro linemen ith augmented staffs started on the big task of first removing the fallen soles and wires from the streets an country roads. Attention will first, be given to repairing the more important lines of communication. It will, however, take a long time to repair the damage and it will be many weeea,befpre communication in the rural districts is restored. Pol“ Arron Highway. . The Chronicle .retrrt'nttt,i,',rtt, motoring to Guelph, alt, Drumbo and Stratford districts, were amazed at the damage to telegraph and telephone service and untold damage to shade trees and orchards. From Kitchener to Petersburg, New Dundee to Drumbo, and penia through New Hamburg, Pine Hi and Roseville to Preston, oneti‘cnlly auu “we...” w _ .w.-.., F--" - all poles were down on miles of the road. Motoring was dimcult, it taking over two hours to make the trip from Kitchener to Drumbo. In places, poles or trees were lying directly acres the road and in order to get throu h it was necessary to take to the finch. . . .. ' ulna w my _......-. In conversation with well known farmers, it was learned that the sleet and ice damaged orchards to (Continued on page 4) MAYOR BEZEAU VOTED $2500 At the inaugural meeting of the Kitchener city council, Mayor C. M. Belem: was voted a all“ of S , 0, which is 8500 less than' tint ‘sugge by the Mayor prior to ‘the recent e eetion in which he Watt lelected by a big majority. The new ‘ 1e'y'e,re,','t is $1,000 but owing to; (the heavy demands made on the "rttice of tho Mayor during the you. G7iieii voted an increase of 825g]. 1 The council declined to net on o. ;suggestion of the' Mayor that the in wet and board of works commit- “‘19: be combined as it would mi iitoo Maw pant,tl,i,tfit on I few "r members of t e committee, I Changes in some of the Snub. . boards were as follow: Geo. "let _ replaces tum. Henson-m on i court of revision: former Pidft _ R. A. McGillimg will "e tn _ l terred from the and of Health to g the Collegiate Board in place of " I kiisinsettiitiAtL.An.R. Goudlt ,lll If; Kitchener City Council Names Representative? to Various pyce Mr. Mf,,1Pi"g.%g", the Boagd o Health; Ind Aid. "in um I.- place E. k. Donohue on the M of Health. E. E. Rah, t Frank ttt E. Tail?! wen - rk 'd to K.-W. mpiul Com- M. WB. ham Mum. ttorieulttus, "plant. s. Wellhcuur_ on the pal WU. Other appointment, TNN'. Bond of Aadft, In"! I County Health Amci-tion. I Ruddell; St. Inn's Hospihl Aid. Smith. -- - All]. OIlIlul. Alderman R. Sturm wu TIM (bdrm-n of the f1notee commitm. The Preston town council in: N- . elected as follows: Ink M. Donn“, mayor; Robert New. mu; "t Hum Keith. deg? rem; H _ q Kuhn. Ford I. Ilson, A. W. thorinnon. E. J. Mom: P. I. ' Sin-nu Ind John Taylor rum I James [Allie and Otiver 0. test _ and new eommiuiomn for ',tt. _ IN tar-I. and In. I. . Taeh, ' . M. goat} ml Tho-9 terettt, . PRESTON ELECTIQFS i! Tc we. km: 2 yr on at A '1‘ Alden»: [ , t be trat) T 3 Health t0 ' 2 let of W "tC/ lie will re- . , the Bond ' m. " "t " , M. Don-Ml. N, we"; W 3"} an; H _ . A. W. . " P. I. ' ' arm: t c. ttft N "JO: - sVic"a' oG M 5i e ‘ x A a? ta {£2 m